[AT] Farm flooding update California - new info

[Grant Brians]

California is an interesting mix of getting things done efficiently and 
not at all. Most of the rest of the country thinks we must be lazy with 
beaches, skiing and Hollywood, but the reality is that California has 
the highest average work week in the country, the highest productivity 
and the largest economy. At the same time we do have lazy people like 
every place and much of the state is too expensive because too many 
people want to live in those areas.
      In this case, I think I can prove that lack of maintenance of the 
creek bed and levees caused the damage and so not even enter the zone of 
wetland or not. This land does seasonally flood but except in this 
damage situation, it has never been covered for more than three days at 
a time and the water flows off, no ponds. It is literally a flood PLAIN. 
So the issue will be fixing the situation not proving it is ok to do so.
                 Grant Brians
On 2/5/2017 11:54 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Grant, if a flood washed out an area such as you described in my area of
> the world I really doubt that you or the land owner would be allowed to
> fix it.  They would call it an act of God and proclaim it a wetland.  The
> state
> would claim ownership or at least control of it and that would be the end of
> it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Brians
> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 9:08 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Farm flooding update California - new info
>
> Dave, government is only peripherally involved in the cause of the
> damage. Because stream clearance has been prohibited without a lengthy
> and expensive process of approval and the flood control district never
> had taxing authority and no one wanted to run for a position it went
> defunct. It exists on paper but not in fact. As a result I was working
> with the county's flood agency before these floods to help get the
> needed functions operational under their legal purview, but nothing
> concrete had been done yet in the last 9 months I was pushing....
>        No, this is not on land I own either, I just lease it. This makes
> things more complicated yet. In short, I will be continuing to see if it
> is possible to recover from the damage there or not. So in regards to
> act of God or not it depends on who wants it to be or not be one. If it
> were not so serious for me I would be laughing because it is truly funny
> how things can get messed up when the community does not come together
> to resolve issues.
>                 Grant Brians
> On 2/4/2017 2:51 PM, Dave wrote:
>> I can understand what you describe, Mike and agree that IF the government
>> was responsible for Grant’s situation then they should be held
>> accountable. But in Grant’s case it sounded like an act of God and I was
>> wondering if I had missed something. Thanks!
>> Dave
>>
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